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Barn Find?...Looks more like a garage to me..
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Astra-GSi-16v-Mk3-barn-find-/142132265270?hash=item2117be4136:g:RJUAAOSwOyJX7CNB
 
 

Barn Find Eh?...
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-1970-Citroen-DS-20-Semi-Auto-Barn-Find-Easy-Restoration-Updated-listing-/232094468808?hash=item3609e88ac8:g:gtIAAOSwCGVX5-4h
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-W123-200-230-C-class-classic-original-vw-bmw-audi-/201675030870?hash=item2ef4c4c156:g:ArQAAOSwTA9X5WOA
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-PRINCESS-1700HLS-/302086022689?hash=item4655bae621:g:CZAAAOSwLnBX53uO
 

Listen to that redtop scream

Sorry for thread hijack OP bought i thought this relevant, ace series
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koQmSqBH1XE
 
Vivivdly remember seeing it as a kid , Fucking scum twockers but plenty of grade A shite to feast your eyes on

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Sud-/172358948509?hash=item282164d69d:g:MxEAAOSwCGVX6rXk
 

X Cars is always an interesting watch, being a Mancunian.
Cav 4x4 Turbo

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-PRINCESS-1700HLS-/302086022689?hash=item4655bae621:g:CZAAAOSwLnBX53uO
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rangerover-4x4-/252562904369?hash=item3acdec1531:g:qlYAAOSwLnBX7W3h
 

Oooffffffttt...16v....twin webers.....nice
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK2-Vauxhall-Cavalier-LX-20xe-Weber-45s-/201678934299?hash=item2ef500511b:g:kkgAAOSwYIxX7PyE
 

500 snots for a Diesel Connoisseur with good ticket and 150k. It's not all roses though, as the seller helpfully explains.....
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-2-0-CONNOISSEUR-SE-TOURER-GREEN-CAR-ESTATE-CDT-SE-DIESEL-/152262070308
 

I am lost for words here.....in the same way it "suddenly lost a spark" lol,
 
Cover your eyes....i present to you.....for the discerning council estate drug lord....
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W126-420-se-Rat-Rod-Project-Spares-or-Repair-/191976504280?hash=item2cb2b0fbd8:g:4BwAAOSw5VFWN3Bn
 

 

also quite interesting, from about a year ago
 

 
 
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-1966-S-TYPE-340-MOD-ORIGINAL-BODY-SHELL-RARE-OPPORTUNITY-/191724877110

interesting
 
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C698039

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-205-GTI-LOOK-A-LIKE-/262643991209

 
 
No its not.
 
 
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Sunny-/122150060813

 
 
 
For the last fucking time, family owned doesn't mean shit. My cousin in currently in prison for her involvement in a £10m cocaine plot in Newcastle and had previously been banned from driving for stealing a Corsa when pissed and smashing it onto a ditch. Would you still want the car knowing it was her who previously owned the car I was selling?
 
Possibly as there might be a stash of coke in it somewhere but that's it. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728i-E38-/152228538919

 
 
 
I'm sorry I thought you just said £15,995?
 
 
 
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnnecessaryQuotes/
 
 

This is great. The colour match on the paint should be easy enough as i'm pretty sure it's dulux brilliant white.
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina-P100-was-in-daily-use-1-6-Pinto-4-Speed-92k-Classic-for-resto-/371750120405?hash=item568e08abd5:g:TVsAAOSw8gVX7oGR

Interesting use of the word 'upgrade' in the description for this lump of bollocks
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-AUDI-A4-1-8TURBO-BLACK-full-black-leather-modified-/222254403887
 

That 420 sure is the dox bollox!
 
You all know that the first thing I check on W126es is whether it has a daft steering wheel.
 
Well, this one exceeds everything:
 

1995 Calibra SE5. When I (very excitedly) bought this, I expected to find a RED TOP, YO! C20XE, or maybe the once ubiquitous C20SE, but it's the C20NE which is about 115BHP, I think.
 
​It's done 198,000 miles which (although these 8V engines are absolutely mega) is clearly quite a lot for any Vauxhall, let alone a fairly elderly one. So what's wrong (actual faults) with this 21 year old AVAS? Here's your list:
 
​The driver's seat heater doesn't work and I'm not sure if the sunroof opens fully, though it does open and close.
 
 
And that really is about it. There is a crack in the windscreen, but that's not a fault of the car, so to be fair it's done really well. Even the arches are superb, I think there's a blister on one door bottom but otherwise it's ace and appears to be wearing it's original (James Edwards, probably Heswall) dealer plates.
 
Interior:
 
Not stood the test of time as well as the exterior, various rips etc in the leather. Chances of finding (fairly priced) seats quite slim, would imagine most now sit in Novas and what not. Not the end of the world, but would make the car look much better.
 
​The power* plant:
 
Obviously not as quick as the SE (130) engine or the wonderful C20XE, and doesn't actually feel that fast. In actual fact, I was going to have a bit of a whinge about the poke, but it's one of those cars that's actually going quicker than it feels. Say what you want about Vauxhalls, but from the eighties onwards they got their act together with pretty decent refinement, the Mk2 SRi Cavalier was the same, always seem to be going much quicker than it felt they were.
​Talking of which, although I suppose this is a Mk3 Cavalier in a shell suit, some of it feels a bit Mk2: there's that slightly 'wooden' feel at times the older Cavaliers had, yet mostly it's 'Mk3 style' with that better build quality and more sort of flowing feel about it. That probably sounds like a load of old flannel, but long term Cavalierists will probably understand.
 
​Driving:
 
​Taking note of the above, the drive is nice and there's that sort of half-arsed 8V induction roar* which always sound better with a K&N and a decent back box or system. It's got the filter but not the exhaust, so it's a bit muted and really needs a nice free flowing big bore exhaust. if I keep it I'll see if there's any old stock PCL or Peco or something systems about, or maybe a DTM backbox. My old Cav had the PCL and it sounded absolutely ace.
 
​The gear change is a bit of a let down, very much of it's era, but really quite wooden and not really fluid or quick enough unless you work it, but I suppose that was always half the fun of these, wringing the last seconds out of each gear, then going for it in the next one. The other day I went to work in it and sort of moaned to myself about how slow it was, then I looked at the speedo and it wasn't half going some. It can driven slowly too, which I like in this as it's less 'hooligan' than the MX5.
​It took me back a good few years and as a consequence I sort of drive it like I stole it, which it pretty much encourages you to do yet never feels out of kilter when you're going for it in any gear. I love it because it feels nice and it looks a million dollars, reminds me of the first Capri had: to most people it's just a car they've seen umpteen times, but when it's yours and you keep looking at it out of the window, it's almost exciting every time you see it as the first time you spotted it. I like that in a  car, even crap ones can be a source of pleasure.
 
Thoughts:
​People do still smile at you when you drive it and you get the odd thumbs up, which I have to confess I do like. I'm just incredibly paranoid about parking it at night, so it's blocked in twice and alarmed with immobilisor, but sadly I expect if someone wanted it badly enough, they'd take it somehow.
​I wondered how this had lasted so long for as well as it has, I think because the (main) previous owner had it 17 years o something, probably garaged it and maybe people knew it was an 8V so were less likely to TWOC it because it's not a 16V.
 
​I'm giving this car a 9/10 because it's such a fine looking thing and a pleasure to own and drive, perhaps losing points because it doesn't feel as balls out as a turbo or red top. Once I've beaten As's don't-let-Billy-host-pictures-from-his-pc thing, I'll chuck a couple of photo's up.
 
​If I keep it then an exhaust and windscreen will be next up, plus a working standard radio cassette as I think the original is knackered
 
 

I am lost for words here.....in the same way it "suddenly lost a spark" lol,
 
Cover your eyes....i present to you.....for the discerning council estate drug lord....
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W126-420-se-Rat-Rod-Project-Spares-or-Repair-/191976504280?hash=item2cb2b0fbd8:g:4BwAAOSw5VFWN3Bn
 

 

I am lost for words here.....in the same way it "suddenly lost a spark" lol,
 
Cover your eyes....i present to you.....for the discerning council estate drug lord....
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W126-420-se-Rat-Rod-Project-Spares-or-Repair-/191976504280?hash=item2cb2b0fbd8:g:4BwAAOSw5VFWN3Bn